[PragmaticPulp]

> Why would you stay at Twitter? Even if you believe in the platform and the mission, this has to be one of the most stressful work environments in tech right now.

I worked for a different eccentric billionaire early in my career. It was stressful, demanding, and unpredictable as he tried to micromanage everything by himself in short bursts of 5 minutes before moving on to the next thing.

The hook was an idea that it was a famous company and he was a [not quite] famous billionaire and that we were sitting on a once in a lifetime opportunity to build our resumes. He was going to reward us greatly at some future date when everything was working well again, and we’d be able to work anywhere else we wanted after this.

Didn’t really pan out for us as everyone got burned out, the billionaire’s micromanagement and constant product churn diminished the company’s reputation, and he eventually laid most people off in favor of even cheaper foreign labor.

[lamontcg]

Probably the exact path Twitter is on.

But there'll be one or two people who get cozy with Elon and win the lottery and will write articles on how hard work always pays off (neglecting the other 99.9% of Twitter that gets fired when it all gets shipped to India).